Sindhi language

Sindhi (سنڌي, Sindhī) is an Indo-Aryan language of the Sindh region of South Asia, which is a province of Pakistan. It is spoken by about 41 million people in Pakistan and 2 million in the Republic of India.^[1]

Sindhi
سنڌي,, Sindhī
Native to	Pakistan, India. Also Hong Kong, Oman, Philippines, Singapore, UAE, UK, USA
Region	Sindh, Balochistan and Gujarat
Native speakers	54.3 million
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northwestern Zone Sindhi
Writing system	Arabic, Devanagari
Official status
Official language in	Sindh, Pakistan Gujarat, India
Regulated by	Sindhi Language Authority (Pakistan)
Language codes
ISO 639-1	sd
ISO 639-2	snd
ISO 639-3	snd

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Dialects

Sindhi has many dialects like:^[2]

• Uttaradi: spoken in Uttar north region of Sindh.
• Vicholi: spoken in central region of Sindh. It is the standard and literary dialect of Sindhi.
• Lari: it is spoken in "Lar" region of Sindh.
• Lasi: spoken mainly in Lasbela district of balochistan, also spoken in Kirthar mountains of Sindh, in Sindh it is called as Kohistani.
• Siroli/Siraiki: it is spoken in small numbers throughout Sindh, but mainly in northmost Sindh districts along the border of South Punjab.
• Thareli: spoken north eastern thar desert called Nara desert, but mainly spoken in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, India.
• Jadgali: this dialect of Sindhi is spoken in balochistan region of Pakistan and Iran, while some speakers are also found in Oman.

Related pages

• Languages of Pakistan